Sentences with phrase «sow social unrest»
After three congressional hearings in two days, there seems to be no doubt in the minds of U.S. lawmakers that Russia weaponized Facebook, Google and Twitter to spread disinformation and sow social unrest around the 2016 presidential election.
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Even before news reports emerged in recent days about the potential misuse of Facebook data, federal regulators and Congress grappled with social media's growing influence on U.S. elections and the ways in which Russian operatives used the platforms to attempt to sow social unrest ahead of the 2016 presidential contest.
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Stamos, who joined the social giant almost three years ago after a very public stint in a similar role at Yahoo, ran the team inside Facebook tasked with hunting down ads related to the Kremlin's efforts to sow unrest in the U.S. ahead of the presidential election.
Stamos, who joined the social giant almost three years ago after a very public stint in a similar role at Yahoo, ran the team inside Facebook tasked with hunting down ads related to the Kremlin's efforts to sow unrest in the U.S. ahead of the presidential election.